I Am Kurious Oranj

I Am Kurious Oranj

I Am Kurious Oranj is The Fallâ€™s eleventh studio album. Released by Beggars Banquet 30 years ago, in 1988, it contains some of their most loved songs including â€œCab It Up!â€, â€œNew Big Prinzâ€ and â€œJerusalemâ€ which takes its lyrics from a poem by William Blake. The album was written as the soundtrack to an avant-garde ballet titled I Am Curious, Orange, produced by the experimental Michael Clark Company and performed in London with The Fall playing live. As it said in the original ballet program, replicated inside this reissue, â€œMark E. Smith is a history buff and admirer of Michael Clark, and I Am Curious, Orange spawned the idea of a thematic delving into the foibles and littleknown psyche of William of Orange.â€ According to Mark E. Smith in his book, Renegade, â€œWe adapted the title from a Swedish porno film--I am Curious, Yellow. I was trying to make the point that we all share some kind of common knowledge thatâ€™s within ourselves; that comes out in all sorts of things. Some people call it a gene pool. Itâ€™s as if you already know subconsciously about historical incidents. You donâ€™t have to have been taught it. Itâ€™s in-built. At the time I wanted to put this across, basically as a loose explanation of what was happening in Belfast: itâ€™s in the head and bones and thereâ€™s nothing you can do about it. I was on a roll at the time. Iâ€™m rarely short of ideas, and Iâ€™m not into preserving them much, either. If itâ€™s in your head and youâ€™ve got the right people around you them thereâ€™s no better time to tell the story.â€ â€œ[The Fall have] retained the power to surprise, to provoke and occasionally outrage that only The Smiths could pretend to possess in the â€˜80s.â€ - NME â€œSmithâ€™s work was the manna that gave a certain cross-section of music culture sustenance for 40 years.â€ - Pitchfork â€œPart musical hypnotist, part ranting madman, Smith was a singular figure in post-punk...Their songs were odysseys into his ever-verbose psyche, marked by repetitive rhythms and melodies.â€ â€“ Rolling Stone
Country USA
Brand BEGGARS BANQUET
Manufacturer Beggars Banquet
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber BBQLP 96
Model BBQLP 96
ReleaseDate 2018-10-12
UnitCount 1
UPCs 607618009618
EANs 0607618009618

Country	USA
Brand	BEGGARS BANQUET
Manufacturer	Beggars Banquet
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	BBQLP 96
Model	BBQLP 96
ReleaseDate	2018-10-12
UnitCount	1
UPCs	607618009618
EANs	0607618009618

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